 Education
1978-80 Full-time course work toward Ph.D. in Anthropology, State University of New York, Albany. All course
work completed, exams and Dissertation remain. Not currently pursuing degree.
1978 M.A. in Anthropology, State University of New York, Albany.
1975 B.A. in University Studies, Brigham Young University.
Academic Experience
1978 Frans Blom Papers, San Cristobal, Mexico. Preliminary cataloging and preparation for filming in the field
for Manuscripts Department, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
1974-76 Manuscripts Associate, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Responsible for the cataloging,
organization and preparation of the William E. Gates Collection of Middle American Literature.
Academic Field Work
1977-78 Guatemala. Research Assistant on a National Science Foundation Grant. Archival work on the ethnohistory
of Chichicastenango.
1977 Chiapas, Mexico. Research Assistant on a National Science Foundation Grant. Responsible for ethnohistoric
and linguistic fieldwork.
1975 Mexico. A survey of the Nahuatl speakers of Puebla, Mexico for the Translation Services Department, Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Publications
1989 "Ethnohistory and Linguistics: The Coxoh Problem." With Lyle Campbell. Chapter in Linguistic
History and Geography of Southeast Chiapas. New World Archaeological Foundation, Brigham Young University.
1986 "The Aztec `Legend of the Suns': A Multi-Dimensional Approach to the Ethnohistory of Myth." Symbol
and Meaning Beyond the Closed Community. Ed. Gary Gossen. Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, State University
of New York, Albany. pp. 19-34.
1986 "The Christianization of Quetzalcoatl: A History of the Metamorphosis." SUNSTONE vol.10,
number 11. pp. 6-10.
1982 "A Structural and Semantic Analysis of Classical Nahuatl Kinship Terminology." Estudios de
Cultura Nahuatl. 15:89-124.
1978 Bibliography of Mayan Languages and Linguistics. Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, New York: State
University of New York at Albany. With Lyle Campbell (principal), Pierre Ventur, and Russell Stewart.
Languages
Spanish: Fluent
French: Very good reading knowledge
Nahuatl: Nothing to brag about.
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